Below you will find theoretical and clinical applications information related to heart yin deficiency. We have created associations based on clinical experience that lead to possible treatment approaches with acupuncture points, individual herbs, TCM formulas, and more.

Heart Yin Deficiency - Basics

Similar to Blood Deficiency but with more anxiety and restlessness, palpitations, insomnia, dream disturbed sleep, easily startled, poor memory, fidgeting, mallor flush, night sweats, heat in the 5 palms, dry mouth.

Tongue Diagnosis

Red or peeled w/no coat.

Pulse Diagnosis

Floating, empty or Thin, fast.

The following 7 TCM Formulas are empirically related to the treatment of Heart Yin Deficiency

A

• An Shen Bu Xin Wan (Calm the Shen and Supplement the Heart Pills) Calm The Spirit

C

• Chai Hu Jia Long Gu Mu Li Wan (Bupleurum, Dragon Bone, and Oyster Shell Formula) Calm The Spirit

G

• Gan Mai Da Zao Wan (Licorice, Wheat, and Jujube Formula) Calm The Spirit

S

• Shen Jing Shuai Ruo Wan (Stress Reducing Pill) Calm The Spirit
• Sheng Mai San Wan (Generate the Pulse Pills) Tonify
• Sheng Mai Yin Wan (Replenish Pulse Pills) Tonify

T

• Tian Wang Bu Xin Wan (Emperor of Heavens Special Pill to Tonify the Heart) Calm The Spirit

The Chinese Medicine treatment of heart yin deficiency generally involves being certain that this pattern is the proper diagnosis. Each pattern may have multiple conditions and each condition may arise from one or more patterns (see treating the cause and not the symptoms).

The following 17 conditions may arise from heart yin deficiency . Each condition is listed with other possible patterns to expand diagnostic possibilities.

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